That time of the year has come again, and NetEnt, the leading online casino games developer, is already giving players a preview of their latest online slot, Secrets of Christmas. This is the first time that the developer has released a game that is specifically designed for the Christmas season – previous titles like Flowers Christmas Edition and Fruit Shop Christmas Edition were nothing but existing games that were given a seasonal twist for the holidays.

What is Secrets of Christmas About?

Secrets of Christmas comes with the standard 5-reel, 3-row layout and features 25 paylines that are permanently activated along with a few festive bonus features and symbols, all included to match the theme. You play the game against the backdrop of a window covered with snow, with each glass pane, making up a position on the reels – a garland of holly adds a festive look and feel. It is very effective and quite typical of NetEnt’s high standards, which players have come to expect.

Classic playing card icons make up the lower-value symbols, but they have all been given a makeover, with the design, including branches of a Christmas tree and strings of light. The appearance of a glass of milk, a gingerbread house, bell and stocking promise bigger wins, while the wild symbol is none other than Santa himself and a scatter is made up of presents under the Christmas tree.

Festive Features

A free spins bonus round is triggered by the scatter symbol. The bonus round is preceded by a sequence where you pick different presents which will award multipliers or extra spins. The number of scatters triggering the game determines the number of picks. All this is done with some pretty amazing animations that pair well with the game’s high quality design.

Christmas may be a few days away, but when Secrets of Christmas is launched on 30 November across the countless online casinos featuring NetEnt’s impressive range of games, this slot is sure to be a major hit that will keep players coming back for more long after the holiday season is over.

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Net Entertainment thrills with this 5 reel x 15 payline futuristic car-themed slot. It’s all about Multiplier Wilds featured in the base game, where all reels carries a multiplier up to 5 X. Beat 3 other drivers to the post, and be awarded with additional free spins plus overlay Multiplier Wilds for wins up to 5,100 your original wager!

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New from rising gaming software star Yggdrasil, is the 5 reel x 20 payline Gold Fish Tank video slot. Enjoy lots of free spins in this chilled aquatic game, as landing the right amount of scatters can award you up to 10 of them! Throw in some win boosting Wilds and a 2 x multiplier on all your free spin wins, and you could walk away with 10,000 coins!

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Wok Star is a super tasty 5 x 3 reel slot from Odobo featuring 20 paylines. Add up to six ingredients to cook up some mighty fine wins. And to spice things up even more there’s Amplifier Wilds, Guitar Scatters, unlimited Free Spins and a rocking good soundtrack!

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Completely unique in structure and design, the island-themed Aloha Cluster Pays comprises six reels, five rows and zero bet lines. Symbol clusters are the main feature of this slot and wherever winning combinations show up on the first three reels, those symbols freeze while the remaining reels continue spinning. The re-spins will continue for as long as new clusters are created and will only stop once a cluster is formed that expands across all the reels, or when a spin does not trigger a win at all.

It is quite certain that merchandise or games involving the prehistoric behemoths namely dinosaurs hardly go wrong! The Jurassic Park Slot tasted tremendous success at online casinos. This has prompted Microgaming to come up with another wave of dinosaur centric game. The upcoming game based on the 2015 box office hit Jurassic World is set to be unveiled.

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Universal, beyond doubt is among the most popular and leading studios globally and they tasted huge success with Jurassic World. The movie broke several box office records worldwide and brought the dinosaur lovers back into the halls. This prompted Microgaming to make a game based on the movie for online casino lovers.

As per the agreement between Universal and Microgaming, the upcoming online casino game will feature scenes and characters from the blockbuster. This will be in sync with the previously released Jurassic Park online slot. Microgaming has confirmed that the upcoming title will be available for Quickfire platform. So, players opting for top online casinos like 7Sultans Casino, Royal Vegas Casino and Jackpot City Casino can get their hands on the game post release.

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The Jurassic Park slot released in 2014 after the first deal between Universal and Microgaming early that year proved to be a resounding success with casino gamers. The features of the title as well as its impressive graphics played a role behind the runaway success.

In the upcoming casino game, players can see various popular dinosaur species shown in the first movie that began the run of the franchisee in 1993. There are 3 rows, 5 reels and as many as 243 ways for the players in the game to win always active. The famous T-Rex is also included for special mode in the game. The release date is yet to be finalized.

Hollywood has made blockbusters from Marvel comics and now, the legendary characters of the comic books are enjoying the same success as the heroes of video slots. Movie buffs are not the only group that Battle of the Gods will appeal to. It will also appeal to slot machine enthusiasts who enjoy games that have a Greek mythology theme.

One of the latest games produced by Playtech, Battle of the Gods has already made an appearance at some of the casinos powered by the software developing titan. For example, members of Dafabet Casino, Flamantis Casino and Omni Casino can play the game on desktop computers as well as smartphones and tablets.

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Battle of the Gods has more than an interesting concept; it is also one of the highest paying games at casinos powered by Playtech. A return of over 94% can be expected by the players, while their bets can be as little as one cent or as much as $25. The size of the wager is connected to the potential profits, including the jackpot that has a payout worth 10,000 coins.

God characters symbols populate the reels and the best part about it is that they all act as bonus signs while scatter symbol is represented by the Coliseum. When these symbols pop up in a winning sequence on an active pay line, free spins are given to players and they are awarded in increments of 8 at a time. Conversely, when the bonus game is activated, based on their stakes, the payouts increase by 5 times.

Witness the Clash of Titans

When they play Battle of the Gods, players are able to shift seamlessly from the Gods’ mode to Titan’s mode. These modes are triggered by five Olympians, respectively five Titans popping up on the reels. When five Gods appear in an X shape, the celebrated X-feature is triggered and multiplies all existing profits by a factor of five.

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Net Entertainment, the European company, is expanding its footprint in the North American market, with New Jersey at the top of its list.

Managing director of NetEnt Online Casinos North America, Bjorn Krantz said that it has been a long process to get into New Jersey – dating as far back as 2013 – but it was well worth the wait.

Speaking to CalvinAyre.com, Krantz said, “We’ve been scouting around in the U.S. and North America for quite some time, attending seminars, conferences, so forth and so on, and learn what the market is about then and yeah, what is happening. And we felt that even if the New Jersey market opened up by November 2013, we felt the time was not right, but one year back we took a decision that now is the time to do something in North America, starting with the license process in New Jersey.” He also added, “NetEnt is a big company in Europe and we want to expand our footprint. We felt that North America is the right place to be.”

Between 2013 and 2015 – when the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement gave NetEnt its transactional waiver – there has not been much going on in the regulated American market. Additionally, NetEnt is a European company and the U.S. is reputed to be reluctant about having companies from other countries coming in and working in its markets.

Krantz explained, “All in all, it has been a very positive experience for us. We’re used to working in regulated environments and we’re licensed in Europe and we’ve been able to take that experience and knowledge when we applied for the license in New Jersey. And looking at the attitude to NetEnt being a, let’s say, more of a European company, that has never been a problem.” He also said, “We’ve all been, as I said, scouting around in north America and US for quite some time so we’ve been able to build a good top of mind. We are known to be a pioneer in what we’re doing in the online casino segment. We’re also known to have a premium content with the best quality and innovation around it, so actually the buzz around NetEnt coming into the U.S. has been fantastic and we can’t wait to be live.”

It is Krantz’s belief that NetEnt’s foray into the U.S. will be beneficial for the online gambling market in the country, which, to be honest, is still new and green.

Krantz said, “Through the 20 years that we’ve been live, we have gathered a lot of business intelligence. And business intelligence is important because it’s about data, facts, how to help our partners to optimize their operations. I think you know that we can take a good piece of that business intelligence and help our partners in the U.S., starting with New Jersey as we build up their business momentum over the NetEnt content.”

Contrary to the widely held expectation that 888 would be the favorite to win the bidding war to merge with bwin.party, the company recently announced their acceptance of rival GVC Holding’s bid of £1.6 billion ($1.7 billion). This merger will see bwin.party shareholders retaining a majority 66.6% and its current CEO, Norbert Teufelberger, as the new company’s director.

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In a joint statement released by both companies, bwin.party chairman, Philip Yea concluded that “many factors, including, but not limited to, the headline value per share” was taken into consideration when reaching their final decision. So in the end GVC just outbid 888. Its final offer resulted in a 23.1% share of GVC stock and 25 pence share in cash per bwin.party investor.

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After receiving its license from the General Directorate of Gaming (GDOJ), the Spanish iGaming market is open for business and ready to spread its wings. As such Prima Network (Spain’s iGaming provider) has signed a deal with online gambling giant, Bet365, which will make Microgaming slots available to Spanish players all over the country.

This means that Spaniards now have live access to the biggest and best slots Microgaming has to offer at bet365. Currently this comprises 60 desktop and 25 HTML5 mobile games. The exciting range of slots that have been made available includes classic favorites like Tomb Raider, Gladiator and Avon along with licensed slots such as The Dark Knight Rises and Jurassic Park. Five different Bingo games will also be on offer including Electro and Super Bonus Bingo.

The Head of Games at Bet365, Christian Bogstrand, commented at the launch of the new venture with Prima Network that they are proud to be involved and excited that the Spanish market can now partake and enjoy games powered by Microgaming.

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